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J.D. Martinez slugged his MLB-leading 32nd home run, and five Red Sox players had multiple hit games in a 14-hit attack, in
a 10-4 defeat of the Twins. Martinez's blast over everything in left put Boston ahead to stay—pushing the team to 40 games over .500 (73-33). Joining Martinez with more than one base knock were:
Mookie Betts (2-5, 2RBIs, R);
Andrew Benintendi (2-5, R, RBI);
Rafael Devers (2-4, R, RBI); and
Eduardo Nunez (2-4, 2 RBIs, R).
Rick Porcello notched his team-leading 13th win on the year—going 5.2 and giving up four earned runs. The win—coupled with a double-header split by
The Evil Ones—pushed Boston's lead in the AL East to 5.5 games.
